This session is for exploring Decentraland as a decentralized version of the metaverse. As with the visit to SecondLife, this can be done remotely with the meeting taking place in Decentraland.
There are a few things students and teachers need to do prior to the session:
- install the Decentraland client if required (e.g. for Mac)
- create an account if desired (for a more complete experience)
- create a Metamask (https://metamask.io/) account and link it the Decentraland account (for a more complete experience, but not required)
- set up an avatar (and note the options, aesthetics, NFTs...)
- enter the Decentraland and run through the first little tutorial (with the bee).
There are many places one could arrange to meet, e.g. the Tram Line, here https://places.decentraland.org/place/?position=50.-49 .
There are a few basic things to do here, like learning how to communicate via chat and voice, and more generally how to 'socialize' in Decentraland.
After that there are a few things to do, depending on what experiences one wants to explore:
https://places.decentraland.org/place/?position=-29.55 - Wondermine as an example of a game, including MANA mining.
https://places.decentraland.org/place/?position=54.84 - Sotheby's as an example of companies setting up in Decentraland, for a discussion as to the whys and hows.
Check out https://events.decentraland.org/ for a current big event to get a sense of how big crowds work on the platform.
More generally, if you haven't already done so please also check out how Decentraland documents its on operations and governance, you could start at https://dao.decentraland.org/.
